Director: Rusty Cundieff
First aired: 2021
Contains spoilers
From the modern reimagining of Creepshow comes this story that was in season 2 episode 3 paired with the story the Right Snuff.
This one was a bit of a comedy segment but worked really well for it. It also had a spectacular vampire mouth.
So it starts with teen Lola (Maddie Nichols) in with school counsellor Mrs Porter (Molly Ringwald), who she is telling a story to. Her air is vapid, her language filled with Teen speak and it is so well done. She is trying to convince Mrs Porter that her brother, Andrew (Andrew Brodeur) is trying to kill her – though the counsellor is less than convinced. Lola's nsfw side-bars are fantastic (for instance asking whether she can get pregnant by giving a handy – and later describing the finale to that activity). She does talk about a sleepover with her friend Grace (Ja'ness Tate) and waking to discover Grace trying to kiss her – sexual assault says Mrs Porter – a misunderstanding suggests Lola.
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| vampire's mouth |
She tells how Andrew tied her up in the basement – but she broke the ties (which leads to the conclusion that she is making up tales) and his research into medieval weaponry. It isn’t much of a spoiler to say that she has been turned into a vampire but doesn’t remember and when Andrew (axe in hand) confronts her the memories come back (she ate mom and dad). In that flashback scene we see the fantastic mouth, with her top teeth fanged but her bottom jaw extending down with a set of barbs and, later, a rather long demonic forked tongue.
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| Maddie Nichols as Lola |
I spoilt that part of the story, so I won’t spoil how the story is resolved but it is great fun, an excellent use of a small amount of story time to make a great fun vignette. However, it hinges on Maddie Nichols and she was just a revelation. Her portrayal of teen speak was fab and her comic timing was even better. She carried the segment and is a young actress to look out for, on the strength of this. 7 out of 10.
The imdb page is here.
On Demand @ Amazon US via shudder
On Demand @ Amazon UK via Shudder
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